MICR Code: 147015152

Bank: Canara Bank
IFSC Code: Cnrb0002119
MICR Code: 147015152
Address: Patiala Gate, Nabha 147201
City: Patiala
District: Nabha
State: Punjab

MICR is acronym of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. Basically it is a character-recognition technology used by the banking industry to ease the processing and clearance of cheques and other documents.

Generally MICR code is nine character long. First three charaters represent city, next three charaters represents bank name and last three charaters represents bank branch.

Let's decode MICR code 147015152.

  • In this case first three codes 147 is city code and it represents city Patiala.
  • Next three characters 015 represents bank Canara Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 152 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Patiala Gate, Nabha 147201.

The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your

  1. Bank account statement
  2. Cheques

Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.